Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

Two Questions

1. I have decided to switch from Lexapro to Wellbutrin. Lexapro killed by libido and it started affecting my marriage so I am going to give Wellbutrin a try. I liked Lexapro because it was effective with my depression and anxiety. But the side effect of zero interest in sex began to take it's toll on my wife and our intimacy soooooooo...I'm trying to correct that.

For those who take or have tried Wellbutrin, how did it work for you? What side effects did you get? Is it effective?

2. I have this tremendous fear of public speaking. I am in my early 50's and I have NEVER been able to control my fear of speaking in front of large groups or in front of a TV camera or even in smaller groups of 10 of my colleagues. My heart pounds out of my chest, I sweat, my voice gets shaky, my mouth becomes bone dry, and my stomach does summersalts. I've read all the books and listened to the audio tapes on how to overcome the fear of public speaking but I just have never been able to do it. So my Dr. prescribed Propranol to ease the symptoms.

Have any of you ever tried propranol and if so, what did you use it for how did it work for you?

I have tried propranolol, but it was in conjuction with my lexapro. Unfortunatly it wasnt for me, i got quite down while on it and it lowered my blood pressure considerably so within two weeks of being put on it i was back off it again. On the plus side though it did reduce my heart rate and i didnt feel the rush that you get when panicing so that was good. it may be that this will work quite well in reducing your anxiety....good luck xx

I'm on Wellbutrin now and it's going pretty well. I also made the switch because of sexual side effects and it was sooooo worth it! Wellbutrin doesn't give me any side effects at all AND it's working better for me than any other SSRI I've taken. I'm so in love with this stuff right now : D

Tang, that's good to hear about how Wellbutrin is working for you. I am hoping the sexual side effects are eliminated that the Lexapro was giving me and a I was worried I was trading the depression and anxiety benefits of Lexapro for the increased Sexual libido that Wellbutrin gives but if I understand you correctly, you have the best of both worlds in terms of increased libido and a better ssri. Very cool. thank you.

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